This is a part two of the interview with Andrzej Krzywda, in which we talk about chess improvement and the tournament of his life, in which he scored an IM norm. You can read the…
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INTRODUCTION On May 21, 2018, a Reddit post by relatively unknown Polish Candidate Master (and software developer) Andrzej Krzywda, titled I Was ~ 2100 for > 20 years (I’m 38). Last Week I Made an…
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One year after the Carlsen – Anand 2013 match in which Magnus ended Anand’s long reign and became World Champion, the chess community braced for the reprise of that match. In contrast to the first…
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Since capturing the title of the World Champion in 2007, Viswanathan Anand has successfully defended his crown on three occasions. In the Anand – Kramnik, Anand – Topalov and Anand – Gelfand matches, he has…
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After gaining his title in 2007 and defending it successfully against two players of his own generation in 2008 match against Kramnik and 2010 match against Topalov, Viswanathan Anand was awaiting a new challenger in…
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After the controversial Kramnik – Topalov and less controversial Anand – Kramnik matches, in 2010 the last match between the “Big Three” took place. As you might recall, after he lost the 2006 match, Veselin…
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The long-awaited unification of the World Championship title after the Kramnik-Topalov match in 2006 greatly complicated FIDE’s task of organizing the subsequent World Championship cycle. The big problem was that FIDE already announced that the…
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After the unification match for the title of the World Chess Champion in 2006 between Kramnik and Topalov, it could have been expected the organization of subsequent World Championships would be simpler. But it wasn’t….
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Disclaimer: All remarks and stereotypes about Christmas, chess players and women were made half-jokingly. For entertainment and laughter purposes. The author is a chess player himself. It was not our intention to offend anyone. Disclaimer2:…
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There are many things in life that get better as they grow older: French Wine The Godfather Movie Madonna However, none of them got as better with time like the greatest Indian chess player that ever…
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